I stayed at Paan’s place for about two weeks and it by far exceeded my expectations. It’s a tiny, but the incredibly cosy little apartment that made me truly feel like home. It was sparkling clean and Paan put an effort to provide anything to make a stay as convenient as possible - including adding some cooking amenities when I mentioned I like to cook from time to time.
LOCATION
Condo, which is, by the way, new development project, might appear to be a bit remote at first glance. But it’s actually quite walkable to BTS, which is about 10mins of walking away. Most of the time I didn’t mind walking, there’s a sidewalk on both sides of the road. But if you carry heavy luggage, you might struggle quite a bit, since sidewalk has holes in it. Grab (local Uber) for the win or there’s also countless of motorbike taxis always waiting at the gate, which will bring you to BTS for about 20Baht (15, to be precise).
The area is a rather quiet neighbourhood, you can find some tasty local food fair, absolutely stunning laptop-friendly cafe called Laff where I spent a few afternoons doing my work but also a few pubs and bars. Tesco for grocery shopping is right next to BTS.
The only downside to consider is a construction going on right out of the windows. The sound isolation is pretty decent, but you might or might not be always comfortable to leave your curtains open due to construction workers seeing into your bedroom. But me personally, I didn’t see a big deal in it.
AMENITIES
As mentioned, everything was perfect, functional and new - and trust me, as a frequent traveller who basically lives out of Airbnb I get to be quite picky and very often upset when some hosts don’t bother to provide basic things to make a stay comfortable and cosy.
The condo also has a little pool and tiny cramped gym - that one is the weakest part since it’s equipped only by a few treadmills and very limited weight scale of dumbbells (up to 14kg If I remember well).
SUMMARY
I did enjoy my stay here and I’d definitely book it again.
Thanks, Paan!